The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SURRENDER
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More clues leading to the result SURRENDER
- Give in and give up
- Almost certain to aim at the queen after king’s capitulation
- Posh, posh car breaks exhaust, losing power — Queen to give up
- Give up in Split during inevitable outbreak of revolution
- Deliver over split boarding, having no doubt – right?
- Submit to European rule after university clergyman’s in post
- Capitulate if more confident about split
- More certain to secure split yield
- Give up on French uprising
- Special old city to make submission
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The straight part
We know that "quit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case quit = surrender.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SURRENDER mean?
SURRENDER noun- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
- To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (by extension) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.